Bed attachment.



A. P. ATKINSON.

BED ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION rILBD snPT.16,1912.

Patented July 8, 1913.

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L l f Z Z1 Z 'MI5/Q0 Zi il l ANNIE P. ATKINSO, or GULFPoRnMIssIssIPPI.

BED ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

1mi-.enteaJuiy8, 1913.

Application filed September 16, 1912. Serial No. 720,643.

7b all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it lmown that I, ANNin l?. A'rKINsoN, a citizen ol the United States,residing at' Gulfport, in the county oit Harrison, State oflllississippi, have invented certain new and useful Imlirovements in BedAttachments; tand I do. hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use-thesame. f r rI`his invention relates to novel and usetul improven'lents inbed attachments and the invention consists in providing a safetyattachment to prevent the occupant of the bed from `falling out thereof,though the deviceis especially adapted tor childrens use.-

Another object' ot the invention is to provide an improved, simple andnovelform ot attachment which may be applied to beds' ot various typesand which is so constructed as lo be readily adjusted to a spring -andfitted beneath the mattress whereby it may be supportedfin an uprightposition at the side ot' the-mattress or folded beneath the mattresswithout withdrawing it, and. when so disposed prevents sagging of thecentral portions of the bed'spring.

\Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists ofcertain combinations and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafterInore fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation' of a bed with my improved attachmentapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 2*2ot' Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of the attachmentremoved. Fig. 1 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing only afragmentaryportion of the bed and ,with the device folded. y

In illustrating the embodiment of the invention, there is indicatedabed, the head posts .l0 and the foot posts 11 of which are connected bythe, usual-side railsor boards 12. A mattress spring` 13 of the usualfabrie type is supported on the side rails and a mattress ltrests on thespring in the usual manner.

The attachment comprises a pair of hinged sections or slabs comprisingan open frame 15 relatively long and narrow' and connected by diagonalbrace Wires 16, said frame being fitted between the mattress and thespring as shown. A' pair of hooks 17 are slidably mounted or t'reelymovable on the inner side ot' the :trame 15 and thehooks extenddownwardly to be engaged in the spring tor securing the frame againstmove-f ment. It will also be apparent that by having the hooks movableon theframe, they can be adjusted to suit the various types of springs.The other open frame is indicated by the numeral 18 and is disposed inan upright position at one side ot the mattress' and is connected atclosely related and equidistaut points by vertical guard wires 19 whichserve to give o r Hex outwardly to avoid injury t'o the occupant of thebed but etteotually4 prevent falling out of the bed. This structure alsoatl'ords plenty of sleeping room tor children owing to the fact thatthey4 can sleep in contact with the upright frame without heilig caughttherein or injured. These two frames are hinged together at two pointsas shown at 20, the butts of the hinges being so formed as to limit thespreading ot the leaves through the medium of shoulders 2l whereby theupright frame can swing against the horizontal frame by raising the sideof the mattress but will 'be held against outward dis-` placement beyonda vertical or upright posltion.

The special advantages of this structure .are its simplicity andlightness and also the fact that it can be folded beneath the mat-.tress without the necessity of removing itfrom the bed and besidesoccupying but little room, it will be out ot the way when not in useandwill etfectually prevent 4sagging of tbe spring to some extent'.

I elaim-- 1. A safety attachment for beds embodying two rectangularframes hinged together and means `to limit the movement of. one frame toan upright position when the' other frame is disposed beneath themattress.

2. A safety attachment for beds and the like embodying hinged frames,said hinges preventing outward'movement of one frame disposed in' anupright position at one side of` a bed while-the other frame ishorizontally disposed and meanslv for engaging 'a spring to hold thelast mentioned frame against. movement.

3. An attachment for beds embodying two open trames, hookslongitudinally movable4 on the free side of one frame to engage vari- Ig t 1,066,976

Cus types of springs andvbeneaththe mztt- In testimony whereof,l I ,afxmy signa#y c1- ess of a bed, means pvotallyconnecting ture, in presenceof two Witnesses. the frames tof limit the'movemnt of the otherrame'atlright angles to the` rst men- Witnesses 2" f 5 toned framecarrying the hooks and guard RALPH. W. GILKEY,

wipes for the last ymentioned frame.L A C. R. GAUSE.

ANNIE P. ATKINSON.

